Vortic has announced an exciting and truly worthwhile new partnership, and, naturally, a new series of watches to go along with it. The partnership is with the Veterans Watchmaker Initiative, a nonprofit organization that watch lovers should absolutely familiarize themselves with. The watches that make up the new Military Edition collection are made from pocket watches that were commissioned by the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. Let?s dig into this interesting new project.
Vortic Military Edition 

Case Material: Titanium 
Dial: Black 
Dimensions: 49 x 58mm
Crystal: White?s Crystals custom domed glass, made in San Francisco
Water Resistance: 5 ATM 
Crown: Push/pull  
Movement: Hamilton 4992B
Strap/bracelet: Leather, canvas   Price: $4995
Reference Number: n/a
Expected Release: November 11

As many readers no doubt understand all too well, there are currently more vintage watches that need to be serviced than watchmakers available to service them. The current boom in watches among those of us who consider ourselves enthusiasts came after a long down period for the industry, when there weren’t a lot of people choosing watchmaking as a profession. If you?ve sent a watch out for service and had to wait months for its return, you?ve felt the crunch many have that is a result of an aging and diminishing count of master watchmakers. Even the fact that you likely had to put your watch in the mail is evidence of this: the days of the ?local watch...